Billiard-chalk holder



FLVANE, Billiard 0ha;1 k-Ho1der.' No. 226,944. Patented April 27,1880.

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mPErERs. FMOYO-LITNOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON n C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK VANE, OF-ONEIDA, NEW YORK.

Bl LLlARD-CHALK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,944, dated April 27, 1880.

' Application filed February 13, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK VANE, of Oneida,

I in the county of Madison and State of New vangular opening of the clamp.

York, have invented a new and useful device for holding chalk used for chalking billiardcues, so that the chalk will not be dropped upon the floor and thus destroyed, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my device is to save chalk by preventing it from being dropped on the floor, and thus destroyed also to keep the room clear of the dirt and dust resultiu g from broken chalk scattered on the floor.

The device consistsof a square or four-sided clamp, which may be made of brass, iron, or any metal, or of rubber, open at. one corner, with protruding ears, through which a screw is passed to draw the clamp tight around a piece of chalk, thus making it adjustable. A cross-bar of the same or other material is secured across one side of the square or rect- To the center of the crossbar is fastened a string, elastic or otherwise, of proper length and size, with the other end attached to the billiard-table.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of the entire device. Fig. 2 represents the end of a billiard-table with the device attached.

In Fig. 1, A is a thin piece of metal, bent into rectangular form, having one corner open,

with projecting ends or ears, through which is passed a screw, E, to draw the clamp tight around the chalk.

A cross-bar, O, is secured on one side of the rectangular opening to form a floor and hearing for the chalk when used in the holder. In the center of the crossbar O is a hole, to which is fastened the elastic string D, with the other end attached to the billiard-table.

The operation of this device is as follows: The screw passing through the projecting ends or ears is loosened till the clamp is of sufficient size to admit a piece of chalk, when the chalk-is inserted to the cross-bar C; then the screw is turned up until the clamp holds the chalk firmly in place. An elastic string of about eighteen inches in length is fastened with one end to the cross-bar of the clamp and 

